About the Authors

Arne Giebeler

agiebeler@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Konrad L. Streetz

Affiliation Department Medicine III, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Oliver Soehnlein

Affiliation Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention (IPEK), LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Ulf Neumann

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Ji Ming Wang

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, Cancer and Inflammation Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Lars-Ove Brandenburg

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no comepting interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG. Performed the experiments: AG LOB. Analyzed the data: AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG LOB KLS OS JMW. Wrote the paper: AG OS LOB. Edited the manuscript: KLS UN.